--- title: Then the Tsar went home with grief in his groaning heart, and he tol… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Tsar went home with grief in his groaning heart, and he told the Tsarítsa and the Tsarévich all the real truth, and they were afflicted; and they all wept together and resolved that something must be done, and that they must give up the Tsarévich. Who acts: Tsar, garden. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, garden), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:29:111 # text = Then the Tsar went home with grief in his groaning heart, and he told the Tsarítsa and the Tsarévich all the real truth, and they were afflicted; and they all wept together and resolved that something must be done, and that they must give up the Tsarévich. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 groaning groaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Tsarítsa Tsarítsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 afflicted afflict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the Tsar | | | garden's groaning heart | then | with grief; home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with grief=Beneficiary | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | garden | all real truth | the Tsarítsa and the Tsarévich | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tsarítsa=Recipient truth=Topic | | 3 | **afflict** | past · passive | | TSAR | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **weep** | past | TSAR | | | | | together *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **resolve** | past | TSAR *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | must · passive | | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **give up** | must | TSAR | | the Tsarévich | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsarévich=Source | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/112/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)